No secret here that Roots & Crowns is very Rose-centric. 

Roses are part of all the kinds of products I formulate. Whether it be ingestible, topical, or scent-ual Rose has an absolutely cornerstone in my work.

In celebration of the 6th birthday of my first ingestible product: Beloved Bitters, I've mixed this beverage of yumminess and wanted to share it with you! 

You'll need to prep at least a day in advance to make the infusions, but it's super easy! 

Step 1: 

Infuse tequila (or water) with roses. 

2 cups tequila (or water)
3 tbsp. dried red rose petals 

Combine in clean jar, seal with wax paper and jar lid. Give it a good shake and put somewhere you'll remember to strain it! Kitchen counter is a good choice. Strain 18 hours later if you don't want the Rose flavor to become too astringent. When you strain the tequila/water it will be a reddish/brown color but the pink magic will happen when you mix your beverage!

Infuse simple syrup with roses.

1/3 cup organic cane sugar
1//3 cup recently boiled water
1 heaping tsp. dried red rose petals

Stir all together in clean jar until the sugar is dissolved. Let steep for a full day and then strain. You can keep what you don't use for a couple of weeks in the fridge!  

Step 2: 

Cocktail time!
This is a recipe for 2 beverages. 

3 oz. Rose tequila
1.5 oz. Rose simple syrup
1.5 oz. fresh Lime juice
1 dropper-full of Beloved Bitters

Combine Rose tequila/tea, Rose simple syrup, lime juice in a shaker with ice. Shake, shake shake. Strain into a glass (observe the magic color shift!) with an ice block, preferably with roses inside. Top with Beloved Bitters. Enjoy!

MARGARITA, BUT MAKE IT GREEN JUICE

3 stalks Celery
1 small Cucumber
1/2 Meyer Lemon
1/2 Orange of choice
1/2 Lime
1/4 small Apple
1 inch fresh Ginger

Optional but extra Yummy: 
Moon Bitters

Juice this in your juicer. Pour into a glass that's been honey and salted! 

If you don't have a juicer, you can blend this all with a bit of water and then strain out the pulp using a colander or nut milk bag. 

Top with a dropper-full of Moon Bitters. 

BLOOD ORANGE SPRITZ

1/2 Blood Orange
Sparkling Mineral Water

Optional but extra yummy:
Tulsi + Rose CBD Tincture

Hand squeeze blood orange and pour into a champagne glass. Fill the rest of the glass with the sparkling water, and add 10 drops of Tulsi + Rose Tincture. 

LOVE DUST ELIXIR

1 tsp. Love Dust
12 oz. of Milk of choice
1 tsp. Honey (or sugar)

Optional but extra yummy: whipped cream to top it off! I found almond milk whipped cream that worked so well! 

Also optional and extra yummy for daytime enjoyment: split the 12 oz. in half, and make it 6 oz. milk of choice, plus 6 oz. coffee. 

Heat milk in a small saucepan, but don't let it boil. Add the milk, Love Dust, and honey to blender. Blend on high for a minute or two, and pour the frothy elixir into a nice glass. Top with whipped cream! 

This season, I've been reminding my partner every day to "just take a teaspoon of Elderberry Syrup a day!" in order to partake in delicious preventative seasonal medicine. This is the season when shaking hands, touching doorknobs, sharing company with folks who swear they're not contagious anymore, etc. etc. all become a bit of a threat, and Elderberry Syrup (which also contains immune super heroes- Rosehips, and fresh ginger juice!) is a good action step to protect our immune systems. 

It's been a minute since I posted any recipes, so amidst the holiday order bustle, I got myself some Meyer lemons, and concocted this simple, tasty beverage. Arguably, if you're worried about getting sick, alcohol might not be the best part of this concoction, so feel free to leave the gin out. Alternatively, you can also make this beverage warm, but then I'd leave out the fizzy water! 

Ingredients:

• 3/4 oz. Roots & Crowns Elderberry Syrup
• 3/4 oz. freshly squeezed Meyer Lemon
• 1.5 oz. Gin of your choice (optional)
• Fizzy water to top it off

Mix two/three top ingredients in a shaker with ice, strain/pour into a glass with an ice block, and top it off with fizzy water. 

In the rush and rigmarole of this busy life, it's important to have days that are dedicated to indulgence and self love.

...And here are some fun recipes to help you do so!

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